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The items, such as the games and coloring books, help create a safe, engaging, and supportive environment where students feel comfortable expressing themselves and developing important social-emotional skills. They not only help during rapport building but also when we are practicing learned skills to help foster independence and growth. Your contribution is helping guide my students to grow in their social skills and resiliency.\r\n\r\nI am also grateful for the snacks. 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Incoming parents and students were so excited to see the bright new puzzles and puzzling boards that can be used in their classroom or when they come to have a cool down space in my office.\r\n\r\nThank you for supporting our students and providing funding for additional supplies and resources for our students to use during the school day.","fullyFundedDate":1746479176166,"projectUrl":"project/puzzle-restock-traveling-boards-and-sch/9284419/","projectTitle":"Puzzle Restock, Traveling Boards and School Supplies","teacherDisplayName":"Mrs. Salabarria","teacherPhotoUrl":"https://storage.donorschoose.net/dc_prod/images/teacher/profile/orig/tp1825882_orig.jpg?crop=960,960,x0,y176&width=272&height=272&fit=bounds&auto=webp&t=1657637989856","teacherClassroomUrl":"classroom/sarah-salabarria"},{"teacherId":1825882,"projectId":9044946,"letterContent":"Our teachers and students are grateful for your financial contributions to our school wide literacy initiative. 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About this school
Lakeview Middle School is
a suburban public school
in Winter Garden, Florida that is part of Orange County Public Schools.
It serves 794 students
in grades 6 - 9 with a student/teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
Its teachers have had 95 projects funded on DonorsChoose.
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of students receive free or reduced price lunch
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70%
of students are Black, Latino, Native
American, or Asian
Data about school demographics comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. The numbers in this chart may not add up to 100% because of limitations in the available data.
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Last updated Dec 4, 2025
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Lakeview Middle School
$84,253
raised using DonorsChoose
95
projects
funded
31
teachers
funded
273
donors
19
projects
for
basic supplies
18
projects for
technology
1
project for
books
12
projects
for
art supplies
Lakeview Middle School has received support from
225 individuals from Florida and
48 individuals out-of-state.